Improvement in curtain-fixtures



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES ROBIN, OF CHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,383, dated March 7,1871.

To all whom it may concern:` y

Be it known that I, `GHARLEs ROBIN, of Paisley, Scotland, residinginChester, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, haveinvented `a new Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures 5 and I do herebydeclareV the following, when taken in `connection with the taccompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawingconstitutes part of this specification, and represents, in`

Figure `1, a front view p Fig. 2, a front view with the end inserted",landin Fig. `3, a vertical central section.

This invention relates to an improvement in that part ofcurtain-fixtures designed to hold the cord in any desired position; andconsists in the construction of a chambered plate to beattached to theWindoW-jamb or at other convenient point, the said plate perforated forthe cord to pass down into the chamber, then around a bearing in thechamber, upand out through a V-shaped slit which holds the cord.

A is the plate, of any desired form or design, and made from anysuitable material, so as to form a chamber, B.

A perforation, a, in the upper part leads the cord to a bearing, d,below, and around the said bearing the cord passes up and out through aV-shaped slit, c, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

The tassel on the cord is of sufficient Weight to draw the Vcord downinto the V, which creates so much friction on the cord that itis held inany desired position.

To adjust the curtain, raise the cord into the broader portion of theslit, as in Fig. 3, when it may be drawn to raise the curtain orslackened to lower the curtain.' Y

I claim as my invention- The herein-described curtain-fixture,consisting of the chambered plate A, constructed with the perforation a,bearing` d, and V- shaped slit c, substantially as specified.

CHARLES ROBIN.

Witnesses: A. J. TIBBITs,

J. H. SHUMWAY.

